Hotel Villa das Mangas Maputo

... he told him off in front of us and told to "please sit where you want!". I had prawns and it was great.


We went back to the Hostel to meet with Joel and Hannah but also a guy from Zimbabwe who knows Maputo quite well. We all went out to a place called Coco Nuts. It looked really dead when we arrived but we then went to a different room and it was smaller but full of people. We had such a good time, drinking dancing, talking. I think there was about 10 of us in total. At one point ...

to panic.. it went on like this for some time. Low range was engaged and the tyres let down. All the time there was still no signs indicating we were going the correct way. (we have taken some video). Thankfully the GPS indicated we were still generally heading north which in this case this was good. The map we had loaded on the GPS indicated a road would start somewhere up ahead.. I was slightly sceptical and we stopped to ask some cattle ...

... when people are hungry today, they can’t worry about preserving
cultural treasures for tomorrow.

Like its fort, Ilha itself is
truly a unique place to visit. Although Ilha is less than three
kilometers long, it has a population of over 14,000 people. Natural
beauty and incomprehensible squalor coexist side-by-side on this tiny
island.

Most of the population on the island live in shanties
made of sticks, straw, and the ...

... buying those interesting wooden carvings that make you go, hmmm its cool but where would it go in our house. As we don't have a house we quickly answer this question. We have a date with Kruger National park, a hire car, a tent and hopefully the Big 5 or maybe even the Super 7. So we take a bus over the border to the Rainbow Nation. Cooper Out Love Dan & Kat

... alimentos mais proximos do consumidor final se reduz a necessidade de combustiveis. Enfim, muitas razoes para achar esse tipo de comportamento (de aproveitamento da terra) mais que louvavel. Certamente a pratica iniciou aqui por pura necessidade, mas isso nao torna o resultado menos positivo. Em um dos ultimos dias aproveitamos para conhecer uma praia proxima a cidade. Almocamos em um restaurante a beira mar, com vista para o porto e a cidade. Sem duvida o mais estranho para mim ...

... painted murals on the sides of buildings. That said, no free condoms everywhere which would actually be a good idea because on my long walk back to the gang plank onto the ferry I saw a whole load of loved up couples "gettin it ooon" on the beach. I'd wild card guess that 50 to 70% of the population conceived in Catembe were conceived on that beach. Just a hunch! anyway, en route some 6 or 7 fishermen and a fisherwoman (word???) were hauling in a net and I got involved ...

... could help. What do I know? Nairobi airport, which we landed in in the dark, is like a train station from 1980's Portugal. Too long to describe, but you might get the picture. So I lean into the nearest duty free store, store man is on the phone and we have only 15 minutes til we need to board, so I just make the universal "I'm smoking" signal...this catches the dude's attention BIG TIME. He clasps his hand over the mouthpiece and says eagerly "Yes, sorry", so I ...

Three days after leaving New York I arrived in Maputo, Mozambique. I was ecstatic to be here and more happy then ever to step out of the Airport and into the warm African sun. My layover in Joburg taught me one thing: Southern Africa in the winter can be really REALLY cold. I was in a t-shirt and when walking on the tarmac to board my flight I could see my own breath. The landscape was flat and brown, like a cold Midwestern winter ...

... big dirty cities. We then wandered around for a bit, got haggled but some street vendors for a bit, and then just got worn down so we sat on a patio for a beer and contemplated our evening. We decided the best thing for everyone was to just lay low, so we went to a movie! (seems to be our solution when we are grumpy and not really in a place we want to be!) So movie and a late dinner fixed us right up and got us ready for bed. Tomorrow, we ...

... will try and get money off tourists. We were stopped a few times for things like not indicting and not wearing seat belts but they were minor things and had to offer a small bribe to get out of trouble much like the rest of Africa its how things work. Final thoughts on Mozambique Overall Mozambique was a very beautiful country with stunning beaches with a tropical feel. It is also quite a poor country but very much on the mend and definitely worth visiting.